Security Engineering Practices

By Roy D. Follendore III

Copyright (c) 2001 RDFollendoreIII

All Rights Reserved

It is one thing to philosophize Science and another to practice the
philosophy. The proof can be seen in the pudding. The ultimate practical
expression of knowledge exists within implementation. Ideals demand testing or
they do not evolve.

If Science is to remain viable then it is forced to expand. Old Science
must make way for the new perspectives. We must be able to show practical
results in order for this growth to happen. We must be able to test,
verify, validate and certify our best practices in order to reach understanding
and consensus of mind.

Furthermore from an economic perspective, if Science does not exploit the
opportunities then Science can not be sustained. Maintaining a Philosophy for
the sake of Science is costly as well as a weak and ineffective academic
exercise. Professors of knowledge might be "good enough" if they
can teach the concepts that they profess, but they can only be outstanding if
they can practice the philosophy on which concepts is based.